Mystery of the Wax Museum

“The supreme thriller!”

6.5/ 10 151 votes 1933-02-18 1h 18m 1 popularity

A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.

Director: Michael Curtiz

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Cast

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Lionel Atwill

Ivan Igor

Glenda Farrell

Florence Dempsey

Allen Vincent

Ralph Burton

Fay Wray

Charlotte Duncan

Frank McHugh

Jim

Edwin Maxwell

Worth

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Professor Darcy

Gavin Gordon

George Winton

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